1
: a sloping surface or place
2
: the state or degree of sloping
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Kat Romero, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024
Duckett herself used inexpensive materials to build a four-foot-high three-tiered shelving unit outside of Allegiant that holds five-gallon buckets in which the crops grow.
—Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 14 May 2024
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Noun
This bamboo organizer is designed to fit over a toilet and offers shelving for decor items or toilet paper, as well as a cabinet with doors for private items.
—Kat Romero, Rolling Stone, 16 May 2024
Duckett herself used inexpensive materials to build a four-foot-high three-tiered shelving unit outside of Allegiant that holds five-gallon buckets in which the crops grow.
—Caroline Beck, The Indianapolis Star, 14 May 2024
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“Shelving.” Merriam-Webster.com Dictionary, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/dictionary/shelving. Accessed 31 May. 2024.
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